Now that the old Scion FR-S has been inherited back into the Toyota lineup as the GT 86, the Japanese brand has finally realized it needs to offer people more than just one trim level, which Subaru has been doing with the BRZ for awhile. Enter the new Toyota GT 860 Special Edition.

Driving the low and light Subaru BRZ is truly blissful. Predictable steering, great balance. But for the years the car’s been out, we’ve been hearing the same chief complaint from enthusiasts across the board: where are the birds?

The Toyobaru twins have gone under more names than some entire car brands have, and as Scion closes up shop to fold into the mother brand, the FR-S gets yet another name change. But it’s one I can actually get behind. Meet the 2017 Toyota 86, as it will be called this fall.

What an eventful day we’ve had mourning... well, discussing the death of the Scion brand! Then again, the Scions themselves aren’t really dying, they’re just getting absorbed into the Toyota brand. But what will we call them?

The S-FR Forums site has received the supposed specs for Toyota’s upcoming little Miata-fighter, the S-FR, and even if you’re turned off by the big lamprey-mouth, I think you have to admit it looks like it’ll be a fun, inexpensive enthusiast’s car.

As I calmly waited for the car to arrive, I felt none of the usual anticipation for the experience that lay before me. The burbly metallic blue coupe eventually rolled up, giving me the chance to convince the car’s caretaker to hand over the keys. It was at that point when I realized that almost everything I thought I…

The new 2016 Mazda Miata is so good that Fiat is going to borrow its underpinnings for a new 124 Spider. But what of its chief current rival, the Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ? That car is due for a replacement eventually, and what will it do then?

When automakers trademark names, it’s not necessarily indicative of a new model coming out with that name. Sometimes they do it to protect old nameplates or reserve new ones, just in case. But one recent Toyota trademark filing has us scratching our heads.

First off, apologies for possibly THE most distasteful Oregon Trail Rally/Oregon Trail Video Game joke/analogy ever conceived. With every tragedy comes opportunity - like making a drawing I could never have gotten away with otherwise.

It’s not easy to win the Scion Tuner Challenge at SEMA with a budget of just $15,000 and just 90 days to do the whole build, but Speedhunters’ Keith Charvonia did an excellent job with his 300 horsepower Toyobaru. That’s why it stars in the latest Jay Leno’s Garage.

The Scion FR-S (BRZ) has been an incredibly popular choice for Jalopnik readers. Just head on over to our Oppositelock page and see how many fans actually bought one. Now that Ford has introduced the the Mustang EcoBoost for 2015, will it challenge the Toyobaru? Car Bros digs deep to find out.

The Scion iM Concept showed off at last week's LA Auto Show previewed a production car that Scion desperately needs at the moment for mainstream success. But what about the enthusiasts? Scion senior vice president Doug Murtha took the time to re-iterate some bad news: a convertible or turbo FR-S is not coming. Booo!

If you love cars with turbochargers, slightly open roofs, and rear windows you can do a line of coke off, then you need to meet the Scion FR-S T1, a turbocharged targa-topped FR-S with a louvered rear window and no shot of ever being built. This is incredible.